Published: Dec 24, 2014, 07:07 AM (IST)
Edited: Dec 24, 2014, 01:56 PM (IST)
Over the years, the sport has seen interesting characters and West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is definitely one of the most colourful ones. He is among the most popular ones and when it comes to the Twitter space, he is the king.
The Jamaican, who is out of the South Africa tour nursing an injury decided to play Santa Claus, a day before the Christmas eve.
He Tweeted:
Gonna do a bit of Christmas shopping later, y’all need anything? Just #SantaGayle if u do.
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) December 23, 2014
The left-hander began getting instant replies from around the world but mostly from India, where he’s got a huge fan base thanks to the Indian Premier League (IPL). Gayle, who started his IPL career with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2008, has been a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) since 2011 and has been phenomenal. In April 2013, he scored the fastest ever limited overs hundred off just 30 balls, as he ended up with an unbeaten 175 off just 66 balls, against Pune Warriors. Gayle got some interesting requests:
@henrygayle Dear #SantaGayle All I want for Christmas is you! — Renee (@SoSaysRenee) December 23, 2014
@henrygayle want to have a Hug from You . :)) Can u Plz ?? #TightCuddle
— JyOti PaTel (@coolgirljpatel) December 23, 2014
@henrygayle I need a ps4. #SantaGayle — Billy Morrison (@Soccer_Talk_) December 23, 2014
@henrygayle How about an Xbox 😉 #santagayle… Your friend all the way from india!
— Rahul Porwal (@cityofdreamz) December 23, 2014
The hashtag #SantaGayle, soon began to trend in India, after which Gayle tweeted:
RT @trendinaliaIN: @henrygayle the 1st mention of #SantaGayle appears on your TL. Now is Trending Topic in India! #trndnl
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) December 24, 2014
